Quiz

Cue (NZERS), Issue 28, 31 July 1945, Page 45

Quiz

1. What famous English poet, buried in Italy, has the following words engraved on his tomb-stone:— ’’Here lies one whose name was writ in water.” 2. You score full marks if you, interpret four of the following five abbreviations: (a) ERGS; (b) SPQR; (c) ATS; (d) ISO; (e) PTO. 3. China’s population is estimated at 491,000,000 while that of the world is 2,168,000,000 so surely you know the name of the capital of China. What is it? 4 ” that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.” With these words a famous man concluded a famous address. Who was the man? What was the name of the address? 5. One bell around noon on shipbeard means 1300. 1330. 1230. 1200 or 1100 hrs. What is the time when it sounds? 6. Of what was Sir Galahad in quest? ■ 7. What is the difference between a yard 1 and a metre? 8. It is quarter to ten o’clock. If the hour and minute hands were reversed, what time would it be? 9. What two minerals obtained in food have great influence cn tooth structure ? 10. Is the baroque style in furnishing (a) exaggerated theatrical (b) clas_ sic simplicity; (c) present style? 11. What is a zebrula? (a) a mathematical instrument; (b) a flower; (c) a cross between a zebra and a mare. 12. Give the next few words which follow ’’the ploughman homeward plods his weary way . . . .” — Gray. 13. Between whom were the Punic wars fought? 14. In what year was the ’’Lusitania*’ sunk? 10. Name the opera in which the following recur — Largo al factotum, Toreador’s Song, One Fine Day. 16. May an unmarried hostess ask a man she knows well to act as a host and sit opposite her at dinner? 17. What is a don: (a) in Spain; (b) in England? 18. For what constellation of the Zodiac is the g~at the symbol? 19. Was Christ ever in Egypt? 20. Halley’s comet was last seen in 1910. When will it re-appear?

(Answers on back cover)

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